drop a brick

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To commit a faux pas, especially in speech, such as by tactlessly speaking of a subject that should not be mentioned. UK,idiomatic
    — It was on one of those Tuesdays that I dropped a brick, the memory of which still haunts me after more than forty years. A very loquacious lady, whom I had never seen before, appeared to be talking through her nose. “Don't you think,” I said to one of my neighbours, by way of starting conversation, “that lady would be well advised to sound her trumpet less often?” “You bet I do! I've not been able to get used to it these thirty years.” And as I stared at him, horror-struck: “Yes. I'm her husband.”
  2. Alternative form of drop a bombshell. US,alt-of,alternative,idiomatic
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, brick.
    — The clumsy builder dropped a brick on his toe.

词形变化

drops a brick present,singular,third-person dropping a brick participle,present dropped a brick participle,past dropped a brick past
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